On Mar 9, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I never got around to informing the group and never forwarded on any of the month messages I get from the wildlife trust, but while in Kenya last year, Robin and I, with the assistance of an unnamed Board member, decided to adopt one of the baby elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
> 
> I just renewed that support, so figured this was as good a time as any to let the NCSG know that there is a baby elephant that is supported in the name of the NCSG.

And by way of counter-point, this just in:

Bob Parsons, chief executive of the market-leading domain name registrar Go Daddy, has come to blows with animal-rights organisation PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), after he shot an African elephant and posted the video online.  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/bob_parsons_gets_peta_gong_for_killing_elephant/